Badge-medallion.



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.1. E; MILLER. BADGE MEDALLIUNQ- (Application med oef? 14,` 1901.

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. pi v UNrTED 'A STATES! PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. MILLER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

BADGE-MEDIALLION.

SPECIFICATION formngkpart of Letters Patent No. 702,737, dated June 17, 1902.

Application inea october 14,1901. serial No. 78,577. (No moan.)-

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN E. MILLER, a citi zen of the United States of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Badge-Medallions; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in badge-medallions and means for attaching the same.

The object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which is simple in construction and easily and cheaply manufactured, the parts constituting the same being formed and assembled by suitably-constructed implements, the whole operation rei quiring but a Very short time.

The invention further consists in the novel construction and means of attaching a lne-L dallion, as will be fully set forth in the accom` panying specication, and particularly point-l ed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure lis a viewillus" trating a medallion secured to a badge. Fig.` 2 is a vertical sectional View taken through' Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank fromV which the casingof the medallion is formed, showing V-shaped the medallion and badge.

tongues or spurs struck out from the metal. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing the parts constituting the medallion in posi- The blank 1 is placed in a suitable die,'which has a circular face of smaller diameter than the blank, and a stamp of the same diameter of the die is forced against the disk, forming a rim 3 around the circumference thereof, as will beseenby reference to Fig. 4. The blank is then placed in anotherdie, and by the action of a stamp, thes'urface'of which is provided with a pair of oppositely-disposed punches, a pair of VJ shaped tongues-or spurs 2 are formed, as shown in Fig.3,which can be bent out fora purpose to be hereinafter referred to. A disk 4, of celluloid, of a size to fit within the rim 3 formed von the blank, is next employed, and upon one side of the same a disk of paper 5 of the same diameter, bearing a suitable picture, insignia, or'design, is placed so that the said picture or designshall lie next to 0r against the celluloid. The celluloid disk,

with its paper backing, is next subjected to the action of a suitable former, which is designed to give the said disk a concavo-convex form and which is heated to a sufficient degree to cause the disk to retain its form. This disk is then placed within the rim 3 formed on blank l, and the said blank is subjected to the action of a stamp and die by which it is given a concavo-convex form, and the rim 3 is pressed down so as to overlie the celluloid disk, and by subjecting `the article to the action of the before-mentioned former the backing and disk are pressed in close contact with each other and given the nished form. The article is now complete, and when it is desired to attachthe same to a" badge or to any suitablefabric the tongues or spurs 2 are passed through the fabric and are then bent to the position shown in Fig. 2, by which means the medallion is easily and firmly secured. In this manner a pin is dispensed with and the time and expense of sei curing the same upon the medallion are saved.

The medallion may be secured at the end of the badge or at any'point desired, and the badge is secured at its upper endtothe garment of the wearer .bya pin of any preferred design. The device thus producedforms a neat and substantial article and one which can be easily and `cheaplymade,andthe em ployment of the tongues or spurs 2 prevents the medallion from being accidentally or unintentionally detached fromthe badge.

Having thus fully described my invention,

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said disk by said introverted integral rim', and tongue portions stamped free from said ooncavO-convex disk, and arranged and adapted to be inserted through and fastened I 5 to said badge, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN E. MILLER. Vitnesses:

G. SARGENT ELLIOTT, BEssIE THOMPSON. 

